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Intermediate
skill rating |
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0.6m
max. spread |
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0.6m
max. height |
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1-2 years
to maturity |
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4 hours care
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Botanical name: Pisum sativum 'Onward'
Other names: Pea 'Onward'
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Genus: Pisum
Variety or cultivar: 'Onward' _ 'Onward' is a perennial climbing legume, often grown as an annual, forming small white flowers followed by bumper crops of long, blunt green pods containing small, round, edible peas that are ready in late spring until the end of summer.
Pisum sativum 'Onward' is: Deciduous
Flower: White in Summer
Foliage: Grey-green in Summer
Fruit: Green in Spring; Green in Summer
Habit: Climbing
Pisum sativum 'Onward' (Pea 'Onward') will reach a height of 0.6m and a spread of 0.6m after 1-2 years.
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Suggested uses: Add to salads, Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks
Cultivation: Peas like a deeply dug, well manured, non-acidic soil. Select an open spot which has not grown peas during the past two seasons. Add lime if needed. Shortly before sowing, feed the soil with a general fertiliser. Sow seeds in flat trenches.
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Loamy, Sandy |
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| Soil drainage: |
Well-drained |
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Alkaline, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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| Aspect: |
South, West |
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| Exposure: |
Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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